Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.4%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '16 at 17:37
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-8350-$90 128,186 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	SC Int 84.7 SC Float 73.5 SC Mixed 78.1 63% 78.8 Pts	QC Int 294 QC Float 253 QC Mixed 284 63% 277 Pts	MC Int 542 MC Float 456 MC Mixed 520 76% 506 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 66,152 User benchmarks, average bench 36% EVGA(3842 3765) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 103 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 121 34% 101 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 79.6 37% 87.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 295,081 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 833 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 245 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 42 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6137379189	59.1% Above average	Read 362 Write 266 Mixed 294 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 15.2 92% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 17 19% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$119 28,955 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 6258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (10) Unknown 2 198 36221631574 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 248 (C2) HDA temperature 125 99 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 145 Mixed 142 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.31 123% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.2 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $182

CPU
FX-8350AMD $90Bench 55%, 128,186 samples	3,601x
FX-8320AMD $86Bench 50%, 48,708 samples	1,042x
FX-6300AMD $65Bench 46%, 93,410 samples	708x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 325,830 samples	761x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $289Bench 71%, 300,029 samples	504x
RX 480AMD $280Bench 64%, 84,530 samples	448x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 107%, 295,081 samples	575x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $121Bench 115%, 223,355 samples	479x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 53%, 114,614 samples	270x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 29,498 samples	399x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 28,725 samples	190x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 10,846 samples	114x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $289	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $121
Intel Core i5-8600K $245	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $176	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $58	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12